Overview

Every serious woodworker needs a planer in the shop, but nobody likes to deal with the hassle of changing the knives. Enter the JET JWP-15DX Planer with quick change knives that align themselves, no adjustment required. Plus, each knife has two cutting edges to save you a little cash and a lot of frustration. This sweet machine features a monster 3-horsepower induction motor with two speed gear box to adjust your feed rate for a better finished surface. Its rock-solid table is constructed of cast iron and features infeed and outfeed table extensions with smooth-moving rollers that virtually eliminate snipe. And because even the coolest power planer is one of the messiest machines on the planet, JET's exclusive angled 4" dust port keeps your dust hose out of the way for easy hookup on your shop's dust collection system.

Features:

Cutterhead with exclusive Quick change knives that align themselves without any adjustment

Reviews

I have purchased all my power tools from Jet through Rockler and I've been really happy with the quality until now. I struggled while setting this planner up. Getting the input and output tables square and level proved to be impossible. Finally I pulled them both off and set them on a flat surface. What I found was both tables had almost a 1/2 inch twist in them. In other words only three corners touched the flat surface. The forth was a good 3/8 out of wack. I called Jet to talk to a Tech about the problem and after explaining what I consider to be a flaw with the tables I was shocked at the his response. He said " just put them in a vice an beat them with a hammer, that's what we do here" needless to say I was not happy with his solution. I should not have to do that to a so called Preston tool I just paid $2000.00 for. Overall the tool is fine but the roller tables are terrible. I would suggest buy a planer with solid steel tables.